American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 323-330 , March 2010

Poly-Victimization in a National Sample of Children and Youth

  • Heather A. Turner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Heather A. Turner, PhD, Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire, 126 Horton Social Science Center, 20 Academic Way, Durham NH 03857
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  • David Finkelhor, PhD
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  • Richard Ormrod, PhD

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PII: S0749-3797(09)00853-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.11.012

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 323-330 , March 2010

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